In Sermon Illustrations: "Christ Prepared His Bride"

Reuel Howe Illustrates Redemptive Love In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Reuel Howe illustrates redemptive love in the story of a mother and her eight-year-old daughter. The girl did something which caused her to feel alienated from her mother. Although her mother tried her best to help, the daughter finally ran out of the room in anger and went upstairs. Seeing her ...read more

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Your Face I Love, But Should It Change By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Your face I love, but should it change by wrinkles, scars, disease, Love would not change, for I love you, not just what my eye sees. And so, though time’s ungentle hand obscures what first I ...read more

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Years Ago My Dad Taught Me A Lesson Which I ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Years ago my dad taught me a lesson which I remember till today. As usual, I had to learn it the hard way. As I recall, he sent me into the yard to remove a rose bush. Instead of doing what he said and “digging it up”, I cut it off just below the ground and roughed up the dirt like I had dug it ...read more

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A Great Many People Have Got A False Idea About ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

A great many people have got a false idea about the church,¨ said evangelist D.L. Moody. They have got an idea that the church is a place to rest in...to get into a nicely cushioned pew, and contribute to the charities, listen to the minister, and do their share to keep the church out of ...read more

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Robert Logan And Tom Clegg Quote - In Releasing ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Robert Logan and Tom Clegg quote - In Releasing Your Church’s Potential, they said, “I believe that the enemy divides all people into two categories: those he can ignore and those he has to fight. I want to be one of those he has to fight.” He ...read more

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Piety Becomes Hollow And False If It Is Not ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

“Piety becomes hollow and false if it is not expressed in the closest of human relationships. Marriage is not a sacrament conveying divine grace, but it is the human relationship that God has designed to mirror ...read more

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I Read The Book By Robert Bellah Habits Of The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

I read the book by Robert Bellah Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life not long after it came out in 1985. It is about the rise of radical individualism in our culture which is committed only to the self. It is even more relevant today than when it was written. He ...read more

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Do You Remember When The Berlin Wall Came Down? ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Do you remember when the Berlin Wall came down? I still remember the speech President Reagan gave while he was in West Berlin: "General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, Come here to this gate Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate Mr. ...read more

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I Was Reading About The Rev. George Whitefield. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

I was reading about the Rev. George Whitefield. He was the greatest preacher that the Church of England ever had. But he also worked well with Baptists, Presbyterians, Lutherans, and anyone else who believed in the gospel. One day, a colleague asked him, “Why do you do this? Why do you work with ...read more

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Out Of The Depths

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008

OUT OF THE DEPTHS Author Bernard Anderson in Out of the Depths speaks of this remembering the multitudes and the house of God and makes a worthy observation. He says, "This is not a longing for a one-to-one relationship with God in mystic solitude. The poet yearns to be surrounded by the believing ...read more

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59% Of U.s. Adults Not Attached To A Church ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

59% of U.S. adults not attached to a church consider themselves to be Christian, 17% ...read more

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19% Of U.s. Adults Not Attached To A Church Read ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

19% of U.S. adults not attached to a church read the Bible and 62% pray to God during a ...read more

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The Insignificant Is Significant

Contributed by Peter Loughman on May 15, 2008

THE INSIGNIFICANT IS SIGNIFICANT To anyone who knows her, Joanne is not a significant person. Honestly, chances are, Joanne will never accomplish anything significant. In the town that she lives in, Joanne is never going to be someone who people in town will see as an important person. Joanne is ...read more

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Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Think Of A Group That You May Belong To; A ...

Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on Jun 26, 2008

Think of a group that you may belong to; a fraternity, sorority, political group, social club. Now suppose the members of this group never came together and most of them didn't even know each other. All business was done through mail. How much do you think this group would mean to its members? How ...read more

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Denomination: Baptist

The Early Church Of God Reformers Called ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 26, 2008

The early Church of God reformers called themselves The Gospel Trumpet family. As many as three hundred people lived, worked, played, worshipped and ate together. They came together to publish materials that would be used to spread the gospel and teach others what the Church of God believed. They ...read more

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Denomination: Church Of God

One Day A Dispute Arose When Some Grecian Jews ...

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jul 21, 2008

One day a dispute arose when some Grecian Jews (those Jews who lived adopting some of the culture around them while still trying to be faithful) saw that Hebraic Jewish widows seemed to be getting favorable treatment. Now we lived in this community together. Lots of variety and often diverse ...read more

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Denomination: Church Of God

55% Of U.s. Adults Attended A Conventional Church ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008

55% of U.S. adults attended a conventional church service in the past month. 28% of all adults who did not attend a conventional church activity participated in an alternative means of experiencing and expressing their faith in God. 12% engaged in spiritual activity on the Internet. 9% participated ...read more

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Today There Are More Christians From Jerusalem ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008

Today there are more Christians from Jerusalem living in Sydney, Australia than are living in ...read more

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Have You Seen The Church?

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 4, 2008

HAVE YOU SEEN THE CHURCH? These early Church of God people also used another phrase, "I saw the church." They might ask, "Have you seen the church?" Now a lot of you know that I didn't grow up "going to church." And I certainly didn't grow up attending a Church of God congregation. So when I ...read more

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Denomination: Church Of God

All Parts Are Important

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2008

ALL PARTS ARE IMPORTANT One day a young girl came home from school in tears because she had been given only a small part in the class play, and one of her friends had gotten a leading role. After her mother dried her tears, she wisely took off her watch and put it in the little girl’s hand. She ...read more

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